Basra - Residents heard several dozen explosions from apparent mortar attacks on British bases around the Shi'ite southern city of Basra.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved] Reference

I should add here that the "Iraqi Army" in Basra is actually controlled, for the most part, by the Badr Corps militia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today in Iraq…and Tomorrow - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

With calm restored in Basra, Iraqis ask 'Who won?'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Then the images of civilian casualties in Basra city.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-03-01] Reference

British bases in Basra regularly come under mortar fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

As the Iraqi Army cleaning up a renegade militia in Basra?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today in Iraq - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

Look at the Brits down in Basra, all those Shi-ites down there!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Invasion Of Iraq] Reference

This certainly is the issue in Basra and all over the northeast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Rumsfeld on insurgent infiltration of Iraqi forces:] Reference

While it's not the bravery of a squaddie in Basra, she is a trouper.    From Wordnik.com.  [AL Kennedy - "Okay, this may sound crazy"] Reference

The sources say that Basra is without authority save that of the militiamen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Answering His First Question, Tony Snow Misleads White House Press Corps] Reference

Ending armed manifestations in Basra governorate and all the other governorates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Nouri al Maliki spoke to reporters today, he called the Basra operation a success.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2008] Reference

How well did the ISF fight in Basra and, in general, what actually happened there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [What’s the News from Basra?] Reference

Are you planning to deploy U.S. troops in Basra or any of the other southern cities?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today in Iraq - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

He doesn't want to give up these hard-won victories in Basra and Mosul and Sadr City.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain’s Answer to Maliki - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

Update: More on what actually may have happened in Basra from Kevin Drum channeling Juan Cole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Many Kagans, Too Little Knowledge - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

How many British squaddies must die in Basra before you start shouting, “Enough is enough!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tea Party Time] Reference

The situation is very difficult in Basra, all the side streets are controlled by the Mahdi army.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Recent events in Basra, Iraq, involving British forces have made obvious a very important lesson.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 August 20 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference

But of course, the consequences of such stories were for squaddies in Basra or Afghanistan to face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Excellent Posts] Reference

They died July16 in Basra of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using indirect fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf War II] Reference

It was good to see the TVnews tonight of Brit soldiers finding explosives in Basra - a few bombs less.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fingers Crossed] Reference

If the US attacks Iran, Iran can respond by having its allies in Basra province cut off US supply lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran] Reference

Government troops arriving in Basra complain that they are being fired on by local police loyal to Mr Sadr.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

He had organized the expedition to Ur, he said, and was coming along as he had "official business in Basra".    From Wordnik.com.  [Addresses by Luella Creighton, Pierre Berton, and Dr. Wilder Penfield] Reference

KYL: Actually, the British have been deployed in a place called Basra, which is in the southern part of Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2007] Reference

Private Jamie Cooper, 18, a Royal Green Jackets soldier, was hit twice by mortar rounds in Basra in November 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Swansea, Mass., died Jan. 24 in Basra, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-hostile accident in his unit motor pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf War II] Reference

Miss S lovely to see you, I also notice 40 women were exceuted in Basra by Muslisms for wearing the wrong colouyred head scarf.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Means NO !] Reference

While in Basra recently, I was struck by the similarity of certain operations to those that we carried out in Northern Ireland.    From Wordnik.com.  [The great debate] Reference

Kendallville, Ind., died on Oct. 25, in Basra, Iraq, when his 5-ton truck was involved in an automobile accident with a civilian vehicle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf War II] Reference

Al-Zaman says that security has collapsed in Basra, with fighting between tribesmen and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Answering His First Question, Tony Snow Misleads White House Press Corps] Reference